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Shot placement on big Eastern groundhogs.
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<blockquote data-quote="WV Hitman" data-source="post: 2661474" data-attributes="member: 115208"><p>I've never been a big fan of small caliber bullets for WV groundhogs. JD Jones gave me a .20 Tactical to test. The tiny bullets were affected by the wind, grass, rain. My main guns now are a .223 Contender and a .22-250 XP-R 100 handgun (I don't own any rifles). I've taken so many groundhogs in WV (over 14,000) that I'm now going to ID for rockchucks (1350+). I've used handguns from the .223 up to .416 Taylor. I've found the 40/45 gr. BTs are all that's needed in my handguns in both states. Kills out to 500 yds. are not a problem.</p><p>Here's a pic (if I get it posted) of the first days hunt in ID IN THE RAIN. It's 32 of 64 chucks I killed in the morning with my .223 Contender.</p><p>The second pic is of my lifetime total of groundhogs & rockchucks combined (since they're about the same animal) with my .22-250 XP-R. This year it was 226 WV groundhogs and 479 ID chucks.</p><p>I haven't shot any animals with a rifle since 1978 in lower 48, AK, and Africa.+</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WV Hitman, post: 2661474, member: 115208"] I've never been a big fan of small caliber bullets for WV groundhogs. JD Jones gave me a .20 Tactical to test. The tiny bullets were affected by the wind, grass, rain. My main guns now are a .223 Contender and a .22-250 XP-R 100 handgun (I don't own any rifles). I've taken so many groundhogs in WV (over 14,000) that I'm now going to ID for rockchucks (1350+). I've used handguns from the .223 up to .416 Taylor. I've found the 40/45 gr. BTs are all that's needed in my handguns in both states. Kills out to 500 yds. are not a problem. Here's a pic (if I get it posted) of the first days hunt in ID IN THE RAIN. It's 32 of 64 chucks I killed in the morning with my .223 Contender. The second pic is of my lifetime total of groundhogs & rockchucks combined (since they're about the same animal) with my .22-250 XP-R. This year it was 226 WV groundhogs and 479 ID chucks. I haven't shot any animals with a rifle since 1978 in lower 48, AK, and Africa.+ [/QUOTE]
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